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' N. JOHNSON.

WAGONTONGUE SUPPORT. I Y

' Patented Feb. 19, 1884.

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'NATHANIEL JOHNSON, OF HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS.

1 WAGON-TONGUE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,751, dated February 19, 1884.

Application filed November 17, 1883. (N0 model.)

of Harrisburg, in the county of Saline and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Wagon-Tongue .Attachment and Support, of which the following is a full,-

clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved attachment and support for wagon-tongues for the purpose of relieving the horses from the weight of the tongue and of the weight of. the double and single trees, and also for allowing the tongue to be readily detached from the wagon.

The invention consists in the combination, with the axle, of a plate held on the ends of a yoke secured on the axle, to which plate and the axle the hounds are fastened, between which hounds the rear end of the tongue is held. A fork or slotted plate is held beneath the double-tree by a clip on the under side of the tongue, a bolt or the wrench-handle being passed through the tongue and through the end of the clip, whereby the tongue will rest on the plate held in front of the axle.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figurcs' Figure 1 is a plan view of the front gear of a vehicle provided with my improved tongue attachment and support. tudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line w m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the support.

To the axle A two hounds, B, are fastened, which project toward the front, between which hounds the rear end of the wagon-tongue O fits closely, the front ends of which hounds B reston a curved plate or flat bar, D, secured to the front projecting ends of the yoke E, secured on the axle.

To the upper side of the hounds B a crossplate, F, is secured, under which the rear end of the tongue is passed. A curved fork, G,

. is secured beneath the plate D and the doubletree I by a bolt, H, which bolt is the pivot for a the double-tree, which fork projects upward and toward the rear. A cross-pin, J, unites the ends of theshanks of the fork G. An angularly-bent clip, L, is secured to theunder side of the tongue 0 near the rear end, and projects toward the rear end of the said tongue. The rear end of the tongue 0 is passed between the hounds B and under the plate F,

Fig.2 is a longiresting on the plate D. The wrench M is passed through the tongue 0 and through the clip L, so that'the cross-piece'J of the fork G will be between the bolt M and the downwardly-bcnt part of the clip L, thus holding the tongue in place. The tongue 0 is thus supported a short distance from its rear end by the curved plate D, thus relieving the horses from the greater part of the weight "of the tongue and of the entire weight of the double and single tree.

In place of the fork G having the cross-pin J, a slotted plate can be provided.

The hounds are braced from the axle by the braces N, extending from the under side of the hounds to the under side of the axle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with an axle, of the plate D, held in front of the same, the fork or slotted plate G, secured beneath the tongue to the said plate D, the clip L on the under side of the tongue, the bolt or wrench M, and the hounds B, secured to the axle and on the plate D, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with an axle, of the plate D, held on the front ends of yoke E, secured on the axle, the hounds B, secured to the axle and to the bar D, the cross-plate F,

the fork or slotted plate G, having cross-bar J, connecting its forked ends, and which plate is held to the plate D, the clip L on the under side of the tongue, and of the bolt or wrench M, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the axle, the yoke O, secured upon the axle, and having an attached plate, D, the hounds 13, secured to the axle and to the plate D, and provided with. a

cross-plate, F, of the fork G, having its ends connected by a cross-bar, ,J, the tongue 0, having the angular clip L, secured upon its under side, and of the bolt or wrench M' and bolt H, the said bolt serving as a connection for the plates D G and as a pivot for the axle-tree I, located between said plates, substantially as shown and described.

NATHANIEL J OHNSON; Witnesses:

' WEAVER JOHNSON, P. A.'JOHNSON.' 

